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An exciting new book that is totally focused on the diver as a person. It covers topics such as diver’s sensory perception, long-term impact of diving, mental functioning, suitability for diving, diving accidents, instruction, panic and anxiety, and the influence of hyperbaric pressure. Dive supervisors can better estimate the potential for a diver to succeed or fail in a work task. Researchers and scientists can use this book as an information base for further diving research.
Table of Contents
Some Physical Principles of Diving
Senses and Perception Underwater
The Influence of Hyperbaric Pressure
on Cognitive and Psychomotor Skills
Selection of Divers
Diving Accidents
Personality Characteristics of Divers and
the Long Term Impact of Diving
Ergonomics in Diving
Diving Instruction
Underwater Habitats
Social Aspects of Diving
Psychodynamic Aspects
Index
Hardcover: 192 pages
ISBN: 0-941332-73-X
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